Wo Subah...

Wo Subah…

Every morning we wake up… brush, have tea, take bath, eat breakfast, go to office, attend meetings, work, have lunch, come back home, watch tv, enjoy some drinks, eat dinner & sleep… and this routine goes on almost every single day except Sundays or a few other days. Sometimes we happen to come across a few news of natural calamities somewhere in the world, bomb attack in some town; and very often news of theft or fire in town, murder, rape, suicide or corruption cases & that’s all about it! I always wonder if there would be any such morning when I would open the newspaper & won’t find any of these news… and honestly I’m very much disappointed to say that I won’t find any such morning.

Suddenly things move around me & everywhere in the country, to support one ex-army-man who stands against the government for not passing a ‘bill’ since last few years. There are further complications regarding the bill, but without going into much details of it, one knows that the bill is a step against increasing corruption in the country & this short, old man wearing simple white kurta-pajama & gandhi-topi gets support like anything from all over India and abroad too! Personally I liked the way people united for some good cause.

After India won the world cup, I read an article which said ‘if such a huge crowd comes on streets against corruption, the country will grow faster of course in a better way’; and the article turned into reality very few days after it was published. Glad & proud to see that!

It’s important to protest against any bad practice that appears as a barrier in growth of the country, be it corruption, poverty, unemployment or casteism & racism for that matter! The question is does it have a long-lasting effect? And will the good things be maintained? Gathering at some place, holding boards in hands, doing ‘naarebaji’ definitely increases the moral of the society; but if that’s the ultimatum & if nothing would turn good later; everything is vain for sure. It’s actually not a mob’s job, but every individual’s responsibility!

Fighting against corruption & destroying it through its roots is the ultimate aim… and from 74^th rank in ‘corruption index’, we want to take India at least in 1^st position as the most ‘clean’ country (here ‘clean’ refers to ‘zero corruption’) to compete with Denmark, Singapore, Finland, Sweden & New Zealand and I’m sure if every individual thinks about it & urges to do so… it will be sooner!

That reminds me of a wonderful advertising campaign of a tea product, having a catch-line ‘Roj subah sirf utho mat… Jaago !!’ and takes me back to a late 50’s tune sung by Mukesh & Asha Bhosale – ‘wo subah kabhi to aayegi…’ lyrics by Sahir & music by Khaiyyam.

Abhijit